/***************************************************************************
 *   Copyright (C) 2007 by Gaetano Mendola   *
 *   mendola@gmail.com   *
 *                                                                         *
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
 *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
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 *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
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 *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
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 ***************************************************************************/
#ifndef TIMER_H
#define TIMER_H

#include <iostream>

/**
	@author Gaetano Mendola <mendola@gmail.com>
*/
class Timer {

public:
    static Timer& instance();

    void go(unsigned int aSecondsToRun);
    
    unsigned long tick() const { 
        //std::cout << "TT: " << theCurrentTick << std::endl;
        return theCurrentTick; 
    }

    void reset();

private:
    Timer();
    ~Timer();

    //Disabled methods
    Timer(const Timer&);
    Timer& operator=(const Timer&);

    unsigned long theCurrentTick;       //milliseconds

};

#endif
